Morning Reads for Wednesday, the 22nd of February, 2017

On this day in 1980, the US Olympic Hockey Team downed the Russians in the semifinal, in one of the greatest upsets in sports. In less great news for our nation, Spain ceded Florida to the US on this day in 1819.

If Not Darwin, Who? An alternative history of the great ideas of science. (Nautilus)

Rally to save ACA in Georgia sparked by those who had healthcare reliance (AJC)

Scenes From the Westminster Dog Show, or Best Dog Detection (the Atlantic)

The Man Who Broke Ticketmaster: The most infamous ticket scalper of all time used bots to buy millions of tickets. Now he wants to stop them. Alternative title: Why You Couldn’t Get a Ticket to see A Flock of Seagulls (Vice)

Terrorists are building drones and France is destroying them with eagles (Wapo)

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Teri

Lin-Manuel Miranda is America’s Shakespeare, duh, didn’t y’all watch that Great Performances last fall? (Really, if you havent’ watched it, you should – I don’t know anyone who hasn’t LOL’d at George W. Bush’s – a Hamilfan if there ever was one – observations.)

Florida: The “treaty” was a result of the invasions of Spanish territory (they got back for their support in the Revolution) to deal with runaway slaves and pesky Seminoles. AJ was the founder of the Democratic Party and first governor of the territory.

Eh. Jefferson didn’t write the Constitution, either. Seems clear that we aren’t limited to people born in the original US Territories for President. No one said Hoover, Truman, Ike, LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Clinton, or Obama couldn’t be President because they were born somewhere other than what was US Territory in 1789.

Cool thought. Florida was Spain or England during his influence. But my guess is that those born in Florida then and declared candidacy after it became a territory or state would be considered “natural” born. I defer to your expertise how it was defined if it was.

Fast forward to today and Democrats would believe all you have to do is “identify” as a natural born citizen. Evidence is the support for white women identifying as “black” or “Indian” or “men”. 😎😎😱

This is a cool little map to play with it your worried about robot trucks. Since a large number of major distribution points are located up and down the Georgia coast and half involve long haul trucking, it’s an interesting read.

No they’re not. They’ve bought and paid agitators. But no worries. The voters are watching and woe be to any candidate with a “D” by their name in ’18. It will be a wholesale slaughter, especially in the the US Senate.

I spent 1.29 on a Sharpie and a poster board, can you tell me where I should send my invoice?

February 22, 2017 8:20 PM

Noway2016

I hope they keep it up. Seriously. They be 63 million Trump voters that will not even begin to leave his side. They see all the Dem crap going on and they’ll be in line at midnight before election day to sweep any Dem aside.

February 22, 2017 8:53 PM

Dave Bearse

They’re dying faster than new ones are made. The converse is true for Dems, plus there’s Dem turnout upside.

February 22, 2017 9:52 PM

Noway2016

Dem turnout? Lol! ’18 ain’t a presidential. Dem turnout will be much less. Repubs will be energized by all the crybaby antics. You know it. I know it.

February 22, 2017 10:03 PM

Noway2016

Dying off in two years? In your dreams…

February 22, 2017 10:05 PM

Ellynn

Mr. Perdue needs to take a page out of the Cotton play book. When the local chapter of Indivisible asked for a town hall, he said yes. They rented a huge auditorium. The Indivisible chapter there is less then 500 people. Over 2000 people showed up in the auditorium plus about 400 more who did not make it inside. It was about a 50/50 split of pro Trump/anti Trump, and about 75% pro Cotton. He stood up on a stage by himself and answered questions for 2 hours.

In the last 18 plus years of sending out letters to my house rep and Georgia’s two senators, only Perdue has yet to reply to a single letter or a call. Not. A. Single. One. Not even the basic thank you for your letter form reply. I know others who have not received replies. Rent a mobs is just his latest excuse…

Lame attempt at a comeback. Used to it by now. But you keep on defending illegal aliens who murder Americans! You’re good at that. Gotta keep up The Narrative.

February 23, 2017 7:38 AM

gcp

Allowing someone to post bond and a federal hold are separate issues. The city can grant bond but still honor the federal hold but instead, the city failed to honor the hold and the individual was subsequently involved in a murder.